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ilding

  • noun [ feminine ]
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ilding, e; f.
Delay, putting off, deferring, prolonging, delaying to notice anything, connivance
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  • Ylding

    tricatio,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 88, 19
      • .

  • Ne wæs ðá ylding tó ðon ðæt hí heápmǽlum cóman

    non mora ergo confluentibus catervis,

    • Bd. 1, 15
      • ;
    • S. 483, 31
      • .

  • Ne wæs dá ylding ðæt monige gelýfdon

    quid mora? crediderunt nonnulli,

    • 1, 26
      • ;
    • S. 487, 39
      • :
    • 3. 9
      • ;
    • S. 533, 38
      • .

  • Ðá hit mycel ylding wæs

    cum mora multa fieret,

    • Mk. Skt. 6, 35
      • .

  • Hwæt is ðæt líf elles ðysses middangeardes búton lytelu ylding ðæs deáþes

    what else is the life of this world but a little deferring of death?

    • Blickl. Homl. 59, 27
      • .

  • Hit biþ ðeáþes ylding swíðor ðonne lífes

    it is rather the deferring of death, than the prolonging of life,

    • 32.

  • Beó ðú on tíd gearu ne mæg ðæs ǽrendes ylding wyrðan

    be thou at the time ready, the errand may not brook delay,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 430
      • ;
    • An. 215.

  • Ðá bæd hé hine yldinge and fyrstes

    petens inducias,

    • Bd. 4, 1
      • ;
    • S. 564, 7
      • .

  • Bútan ǽnigre yldinge

    sine ulla dilatione,

    • 1, 27
      • ;
    • S. 493, 30
      • .

  • Búton yldinge,

    • Homl. Th. i. 84. 34
      • .

  • Búton ǽlcere yldinge,

    • Blickl. Homl. 87, 4
      • .

  • Be ðære ildinge [MS. Cott. ieldinge] suíðe wel Drihten þreáde Iudéas

    qua dissimulatione bene Iudæam Dominus corripit,

    • Past. 21, 1
      • ;
    • Swt. 151, 19
      • .

  • Ðæt ic yldinge onfó tó lifianne

    ut inducias vivendi accipiam,

    • Bd. 3, 13
      • ;
    • S. 538, 34.

  • Ieldinga

    morarum,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 57
      • .
Similar entries
v. ildan, eldung.
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v.  yldig ælding eldung.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ilding.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/20474.

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